There are so many churches which soooo cheat their people. I, too was cheated for 25 years by them
As a very small child I attended a Pentecostal church and loved it. But then one Sunday, My daddy took us to the Baptist church and made us start going there. I was sick inside because of this. But, after many years there, they had deceived me into believing these wonderful gifts from God were wrong. But, I became so hungry for something more from Him, it made me sick every time I went to church.
One day God spoke to me right in the church and told me to leave it and never go back. He did not tell me what to do. But I obeyed, not knowing what to do next. Then I returned to my childhood holiness church. The joy I found there is totally undescribable I was upset that they had cheated me 25 years out of that glory.
I still remember and cherish the wonderful worship I saw there as a very small girl. Thank God, his blessings are still for us.
Read Acts. 19-- you will see that Paul taught that the Holy Ghost can come after one believes. It did for me. Of course, I thought I had it in the Baptist church, for that is what they taught me. But I found out they were lying to me.
God bless you ; keep growing in grace and knowledge of the Lord.
Jo